ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51235
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| Date: | Thursday 18 November 1943 |
| Time: | 23:11 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LM370 |
| MSN: | SR-K2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schoonebeekerveld, Weiteveen, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ludford Magna, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Rudolf Frank of the 2./NJG 3, flying Ju 88 C-6 D5+IK from Wittmund airfield, Germany.
Target: Berlin
Takeoff time: 17:21
Crew:
Pilot P/O. C.P. McManus 133410 RAF Schoonebeek 3 1 747
Flight engineer Sgt. K. Jones 1684563 RAF Schoonebeek 3 1 745
Navigator P/O. G.D. Spyers 140877 RAF Schoonebeek 3 1 744
Bomb aimer P/O. B.K. Petyt 137375 RAF Schoonebeek 3 1 740
Wo ag Sgt. A.E. Rosen 1144632 RAF Schoonebeek 3 1 741
Air gunner Sgt. C.H. Downs 1101786 RAF Schoonebeek 3 1 742
Air gunner F/Sgt. G.H. Gittins DFM 1410420 RAF Schoonebeek 3 1 746
Air gunner W/O II G.P. Herman R/128322 RCAF Schoonebeek 3 1 743 Specialist operator
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=LM370&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 September 1943 | JA965 | 101 Sqn RAF | 8 | about 2 kms southeast of RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 6 November 1944 | PB692 | 101 Sqn RAF | 7 | Wanne-Eickel, Herne, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Images:
creator: Oorlogsgraven Schoonebeek / War Graves Schoonebeek
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Dec-2011 06:34 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2012 14:32 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport] |
| 16-Nov-2018 19:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 18:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Jan-2020 16:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 03-Jan-2020 16:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code, Photo] |
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